Immigration and Ireland - MEGATHREAD *Mod Note Added 14/08/25*

Latest development from German politicians - they voted yesterday 444/135 to stop family reunification for asylum seekers as capacity has reached its limits in education, housing etc. It does not affect people recognised as GC refugees.

Will other countries facing similar issues follow suit?

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/06/27/german-lawmakers-vote-to-curb-family-reunification-programme

I see homeless figures hit new heights yesterday, some homeless charity fella saying they need more houses built.

Between the endless amount of homeless charities I have never heard one of them mention limiting immigration. It's always more money n housing required - strange how they all sing off the same hymn sheet once the shekels keep rolling in!

Theres loads Of property being bought by non EU residents,but even 1 is 1 too much,let's follow the Danish model where you can't buy property unless you are resident for 5 years.

Many people in this country over the years were screeching for Ireland to follow Swedish/ Danish social and immigration policies.Now these countries are cracking down and admitting they got it wrong,we should follow suit.

I would love them gone too but every country should look after their own sinners.

As for your first sentence deporting criminals before their sentences would only work if the they would serve their term back home at least for very serious crime. If someone was raped you'd want him doing the time rather then walk home free. But there would be plenty in for crimes where an individual wasn't seriously harmed.

Contact Cso for the stats or anecdotes,whichever ye prefer.BTw Do ye accept that the housing crisis is exacerbated by immigration or do ye subscribe to the notion that population growth does not affect housing.

Nah they bring their houses with them shure🙄

All MNCs hire staff from around the world.

However, the fact that so many MNCs are located here means those companies employ a far greater number of irish workers than they otherwise would, if the MNC were located in London or Paris or Berlin.

If the MNCs moved out of Dublin tomorrow, tens of thousands of irish born citizens wouldnt have a job and would have to emigrate to avail of the same employment opportunities they enjoy in Ireland, today.

We dont need fewer first class employment opportunites for Ireland's youth, which is exactly what we would get if the MNCs moved out of Ireland.

More homes is what we need, not less employment opportunity for both our current & future generations.

We have been told we need to import 80,000 construction workers to build homes at the required rate (55k per year).

Where will all these workers live given the acute accommodation shortage at present?

It is true that even though Irish employees are the minority in most of these MNCs, the MNCs do employ more Irish than they would if they were located elsewhere.

However, they also bring in a majority of workers from abroad and this puts pressure on housing. Perhaps a housing levy imposed on MNCs that would pay for the additional housing needed if a worker is brought in from outside?

But ultimately I think we have to realise that we're no longer in the 1980s when jobs at all cost was the priority. We now need to focus on housing and services for those already here. This might slow headline GDP growth in the country but so be it. Developed countries should not necessarily be high growth countries if that leads to unsustainable imbalances in society.

It is very easy to say lets build more homes but also easy to forget why we have too few homes despite quite a good rate of building in the country.

I see your point but I think a housing levy would just make Ireland less attractive to MNCs.

The govt should assign a greater portion of the tax take from MNCs to housing and services, which means the sector would pay a disproportionate amount towards building new homes and infrastructure.

MNCs employ about 15% of the workforce, but they pay more income tax and PRSI than all the other workers in the country put together.

MNCs are also responsible for almost 90% of our Corporation Tax.

The MNCs are more than playing their part, but the problem is the govt are not using the contriibutions they make effectively and thats on the govt to do better.